Priming apparatus for automobiles.



G. W. MEYER.

PRIMING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3!, 19M; I I 1,145,255. Patented July 6, 1915.

GEORGE W. MEYER, OF PAXTON, MASSACHUSETTS- PRIMING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed March 31, 1914. Serial No. 828,569.X\

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paxton, in the county of lVorce'ster and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Priming Apparatus for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to priming apparatus for internal combustion engines, the object in view being to produce a simple device applicable to any internal combust on engine by means of which all of the cylinders of the engine may be quickly and accurately primed either from the operators seat or from the front of the machine preparatory to the production of the necessary ignition spark to explode the mixture in one or more of the cylinders of the engine.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will ,be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of an internal combustion engine showing the apparatus of thls invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the priming tank and the parts intimately associated therewith. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section on an enlarged scale showing the duplex valve arrangement.

In the preferred embodiment of this invention I employ a container 1 for the priming agent such as gasolene of high test or 'other volatile and highly expansive fuel. Ordinarily the container lshould have a capacity of about two gallons of liquid thereby providing approximately one pint of prim ing agent for each cylinder of a four-cycle internal combustion engine. At one side the container '1 is preferably provided with a' level sight gage 2 consisting of a glass tube the extremities of which pass through suitable-packing boxes 3 into the container 1 adjacent to the top and bottom thereof, enabling the level of liquid in the container to be observed at a glance. v

In connection with the container 1 I employ a number of outlets 4, there being one outlet for each cylinder of the engine and each outlet being shown in the form of a pipe. Each of said pipes leads to one of the priming cups of the engine, it being preferred to employ in connection with each Specification of Letters Patent.

cylinder a combined spark plug and priming cup such as is now on the market.

Each of the outlets is controlled by a pair of valves, 5 designating the upper valve and 6 the lower valve of each pair. These valves are provided with slotted operating arms or levers 7 and 8, respectively, and the said arms are simultaneously operable by means of a common connecting rod 9 which extends along the side of the container near the bottom thereof and has connected to the rear end thereof a combined push and pull rod 10 having a suitable operating head or handle 11 arranged behind the dash 12 of a motor vehicle and within reach of the operator in his-seat on the machine. The rod 9 is provided with pins or studs as shown which work in the slots of the valve levers 7 and 8.

In the preferred embodiment of the inven tion the rod 9 is extended to a point near the front radiator 13 where it is pivotally connected to a bell crank lever 14; arranged in rear of the radiator, the lever 14 being connected by a rod 15 to another elbow lever 16 arranged at a lower point and having attached thereto a combined push and pull rod 17 which extends through the radiator or beneath the radiator to a point in advance thereof where it is provided with an operating head or handle 18. It will thus be seen that the common connecting rod 9 may be operated either in rear of the dash or in advance of the radiator. When the machine has to be cranked by hand, the rod9 is operated from the front of the radiator and when the machine is to be started by a spark, the rod 9 is operated from the rear of the dash. A measuring chamber 19 is arranged in each outlet 4 between the valves 5 and 6.

The ports in the valves 5 and 6 are so arranged that when the valve 5, for example,

is open, its mate 6 is closed and when the.

nipple or union l9of suitable size to contain the requisite amount of priming liquid.

In operation, the operator manipulates one of the heads or handles 11 and 18 so as to produce a complete back and forth recip rocatory moveme of the connecting rod 9.

This causes each of the valves 5 and 6 to open and close and thus a charge of priming liquid is conducted from the container 1 to the appropriate outlet and to the corresponding cylinder where it enters directly into the combustion chamber. The engine is then ready to receive the igniting spark which may' be produced by either of the methods above referred to or by any other method now in common use.

Vhat 1 claim is:-

1. Priming apparatus iorinternal combustion engines, comprising a container for the priming agent, outlets leading therefrom, a measuring chamber in 'aeh outlet, a pair of valves controlling each of saidoutlets ar- 'anged at opposite sides of said measuring chamber and so disposed that one valve of each pair is'closed when its mate is open, and operating means for said valves.

Priming apparatus for-internal combustion engines, comprising a container for the priming agent, outlets leading therefrom, a pair of valves controlling each of said outlets and so'disposed that one valve of each pair is closed when its mate is open, levers for said valves having their adjacent ends slotted and overlapped, operating means common to the levers of both valves of each and every pair. said operating means embodying a manually controlled slidable connecting rod provided with pins working in the slotted ends of all of the valve levers, and operating means at both extremities of said rod.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE Vv. MEYER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT A. Cnouon, CLn-"ron lAnnnUns'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

